Dennis Wilson.
In advance of the box setâs arrival, a previously unreleased track from the
Surfâs Up sessions, âBig Sur,â has been made available as a digital single.
Sunflower and
Surfâs Up were recorded during a commercially unsuccessful period for the Beach Boys.
Sunflowerâs lead single, âAdd Some Music to Your Day,â peaked at #64 on the
Billboard Hot 100, while the album only reached #151 on the
Billboard 200 chart.
Surfâs Up rose to #29 on the
Billboard 200, although its highest-charting single, âLong Promised Road,â only reached #89 on the Hot 100. The album does feature several standout songs, including the critically lauded title track and âFeel Flows,â a tune featured in
The Beach Boys to release expansive box set of Sunflower and Surf s Up sessions
The Beach Boys lift the curtain on influential and underappreciated era with expansive new box set, Feel Flows - The Sunflower & Surf s Up Sessions 1969-1971, due July 30.
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The Beach Boys’ timeless and often underappreciated albums,
Capitol/UMe will release an expansive 5-CD and digital box set titled
Feel Flows – The Sunflower and Surf’s Up Sessions 1969-1971 on
July 30 that chronicles and explores in depth this metamorphic and highly influential 1969-1971 period of the band’s legendary career. Assembled by
Mark Linett and
SMiLE Sessions, the expansive collection features newly remastered versions of
Rolling Stone Menu The Beach Boys’ New ‘Feel Flows’ Box Set: An Exclusive Guide
We run down 10 revelatory moments from the upcoming collection focusing on the group’s pivotal 1969–71 era
By Iconic Artists Group LLC/Brother Records Inc.
At the dawn of the Seventies, the Beach Boys had a lot to prove. Their pop success was a thing of the past even artistic triumphs like
Pet Sounds and
Wild Honey were commercial flops. The boys of summer were pushing 30 by now, bearded dads reckoning with marriage, divorce, changing times. When they went to work at Brian Wilson’s home studio on Bellagio Road in Bel Air, they were struggling to find their place in a new world that had written them off as a nostalgia act. But the Beach Boys found their adult voices on
Sunflower and 1971 s
Surf s Up are being treated to a massive new box set.
Feel Flows – The Sunflower & Surf s Up Sessions 1969-1971 arrives July 30 through Capitol/UMe.
Feel Flows brings together unreleased tracks, live recordings, radio promos, alternate versions, alternate mixes, isolated backing tracks and a cappella versions of songs from sessions for the pair of early 70s efforts.
In addition to the trove of music, the set includes a 48-page book with new liner notes from music critic Howie Edelson alongside photos, lyric sheets and other rarities from the era. Archival interviews with Al Jardine, Brian Wilson, Bruce Johnston, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Mike Love and more are also included.